Dr. Bihter SOMERSAN Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, Beykent University, Istanbul
CV
| 1995-1998 | Political Science, Law, Sociology, Pedagogy, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1997 | Fellow, Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung, Potsdam |
| 1998 | Master, Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2001-2010 | Lecturer of Political Sociology, Gender Studies and International Relations, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yeditepe University, Istanbul |
| 2010 | Ph.D., Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund, Washington D.C. | |
| since 2010 | Founding Member, Equality Watch Women's Group (ESITIZ), Istanbul |
| since 2011 | Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Gender Studies, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Bahçe_ ehir University, Istanbul |
| 2013-2014 | Expert in the Project Enhancing Democracy pre and post EU Accession, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Brussels |
| since 2014 | Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, Beykent University, Istanbul |
| 2014 | Leading Women's Rights Expert Scholar, Trust Women - Putting the Rule of Law Behind Women s Rights, Thomson Reuters Foundation, London |
| 2015 | Invited Speaker, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), Feminism in Theory, Practice, and Policy, Washington |
Mitgliedschaften
| SWS-Sociologists for Women in Society | |
| AWID-Association for Women in Development | |
| ESITIZ-Equality Watch Women s Group |
Publikationen
| Feminismus in der Türkei: Die Geschichte und Analyse eines Widerstands gegen hegemoniale Maännlichkeit, Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster, 2011 | |
| Democracy out-of-place: The disruptive demos, in Wiersma, Stetter and Schublach (Eds.) Problems of Representative Democracy in Europe - A Challenge for Progressives, FEPS, European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, Karl Renner Institute, Van Gennep, Amsterdam, p. 47-61, 2014 | |
| Altiok, O.; Somersan, B: Building a new Turkey: gender politics and the future of democracy, openDemocracy - free thinking for the world, March 23, 2015 | |
| Turkey’s General Elections 2015-From the Streets to the Polls, European Progressive Observatory, June 17, 2015 |
Auszeichnungen
| Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, 1997 | |
| Ph.D. with High Academic Distinction, Goethe University, 2010 | |
| Future European Leader Turkey, Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund, 2010 | |
| Leading Women's Rights Expert Scholar, Trust Women - Putting the Rule of Law Behind Women‚s Rights, Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2014 |
